In his essay "Self-Reliance," Ralph Waldo Emerson said "To be great is to be misunderstood." While the author's list includes holy men and philosophers, the same idea could just as easily apply to Elvis Presley. The man who was crowned the "King of Rock and Roll" never thought he earned that royal moniker. He recognized the work put in before he arrived on the scene, but the fact is, he outsold every one of his contemporaries.